Merry Little Christmas

Good morning, today is the last post for a couple of weeks for Catch the Bug, the Bugaboo DT are taking a vacation! Today is Sunday which is a Stella Says Sketch and a great challenge.

 I printed Bugaboo's Christmas Girl Sitter off twice so I could pop up her hat and legs. You have two weeks to play along with the sketch and you could win fantastic stamps!

I'm entering this into:
Send A Smile 4 Kids: Christmas in July
Crafts 4 Eternity: anything goes
Sister Act card Challenge: anything goes
Crafting with an Attitude: anything goes

Stamps: Bugaboo Christmas Girl Sitter, Amy R stamps sentiment
Paper: pacific point, whisper white
Ink: none
Other: ribbon, deckle trimmer, rhinestones, petals a plenty embossing folder, sakura gel pen

Herd it was your Birthday

Good morning, today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Come and Get it Challenges and their theme is Birthdays! I used Doodle Pantry's Charlie Moo Milk and printed it twice to pop up the glass of milk, pail of milk and cow bell. Laurie's coloured images are amazing letting me make fast cards when I need to. I kept this birthday card pretty simple and like how it turned out. Drop on by Come and Get it  and give their challenge a try. If you use a digital image you can enter our new Ants in my Pantry Digital Challenge as well. Happy crafting!

I'm entering this into:
Crafty Calender Challenges: anything goes
Send A Smile 4 Kids: for the boys
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge: anything goes with twist add a bow
Crafty Catz Challenge: For the boys

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Charlie Moo Milk, Impression Obsession splatter
Paper: basic black, whisper white
Ink: black
Other: ribbon, deckle trimmer

Harvest Time

Good morning! Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Craft Your Passion and their them is "Its Harvest Time". I used Doodle Pantry's cute Charlie Harvest and printed him off twice to pop up his nose, hooves, corn cobs and apple. I added gold pearls to the wheat to give it some dimension.

Drop on by Craft Your Passion and give their challenge a try. If you use a digital image you can enter our challenge as well and if you use a Doodle Pantry image (freebies here) you receive an image just for entering! This month the stamp is Cheer Spirit.

I'm entering this into:
Come and Get It challenges: use a digi with an autumn theme
The Corrosive Challenge: Autumn/Fall
Send A Smile 4 Kids: cute fall/halloween cards
Simply Create Too: Fall/Autumn

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Charlie Harvest, Stampin Up sentiment
Paper: early espresso, cherry cobbler, mossy meadow, old olive, dp paper
Ink: mossy meadow
Other: stampin up/copic markers, chain link embossing folder, stampin up ticket punch, deckle trimmer, spellbinder

Halloween Cards for Kids

Good morning its been a while! I received a box of cards from Diane for Send A Smile 4 Kids Canada and most of them are for Halloween. They are awesome and I had to show them to you. These are just a small selection of what she sent!

Thank you so much Diane for your continued support!

SAS4K's Canada cards

Good morning! Diane from Ponoka, Alberta who is a Stampin' Up demonstrator sent me two boxes of cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids Canada and I had to show you some of the cards. These photos show less than a 1/4 of what she sent.

Thank you so much Diane!

Latest Send A Smile 4 Kids Cards

Hi There, just last week I received more cards for the kids in Stollery Hospital, thanks Patricia!

Keep the cards coming I know the kids appreciate them very much! Here is the site for Send A Smile 4 Kids Canada or Send A Smile 4 Kids USA. Another fantastic site to donate to is Operation Write Home Canada and Operation Write Home USA!

Quail Mail

Good morning, today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Cupcake Inspirations and they're using this great photo.

I took the three birdies and brown/cream colours as my inspiration and created my Quail Mail card with Doodle Pantry's Hoppy Log. 

Drop on by Cupcake Inspirations and give their challenge a try, good luck!

I'm entering this into:

Digi Galore: wings

Send A Smile 4 Kids: Punches or Die cuts

Feeling Crafty Challenge: Dies and/or punches

The Stamping Boutique: Punch or die cut

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Hoppy Log, Stampin Up woodgrain stamp

Paper: early espresso, creamy caramel, blush blossom, whisper white

Ink: chocolate chip

Other: stampin up perfect polka dots, pearls, spellbinders postage and rectangle deckles, impression obsession grass diecuts

Glad We're Friends

Good morning! Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Sentimental Sundays and their challenge is to  Pack a Punch or use a punch and/or die cut. I used both, a punch for the sentiment and a die cut for the swirls. I used Doodle Pantry's Friend in Need and printed it out 2 times to pop up the turtle shell and bird.

Drop on by Sentimental Sundays a give their challenge a try and as long as you use a digi you can enter Doodle Pantrys challenge too.  
I'm entering this into:
One Stitch at a Time: use a digi
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge: punch or die cut
Brown Sugar Challenge: punch or die cut

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Friend in Need
Paper: early espresso, summer sun, whisper white
Ink: summer sun
Other: stampin up punch memory box die, crimper

Be Mine

Valentines Day is coming up and I need to make some cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids Canada. In Alberta we supply cards for the Stollery Hospital in Edmonton. I LOVE Doodle Pantry Ants and these guys make perfect cards. I did clean and simple cards, just added a ribbon, with different sentiments on the heart candies.

Here's a close up of the ants. 

I'm entering these into:

City Crafter Challenge Blog: Forever mine (use hearts)

Created With Love Challenge: anything goes

Pile It On: have a heart

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge: anything goes for kids

Totally Gorjuss: KISS (keep it simple silly)

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Heart Candy Ants

Paper: yoyo yellow, ridinghood red, whisper white

Ink: none

Other: ribbon

 

Send A Smile 4 Kids Canada

Good Morning! I have an exciting announcement to make, I'm now the Alberta coordinator for Send A Smile 4 kids Canada. Take a look at the announcement, it gives you information and most importantly the address to send cards too. If you have extra cards that would be perfect for a sick child I'd love to receive them and send them on to Stollery. If you live in the Edmonton area I can arrange to pick up the cards.
I've made this cute little puppy card to start my collection and a tag will follow.

I added crystal effects to the light bulbs and stickles to the snowflakes on the background.  Happy stamping!

I've entered this into:

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT challenge blog: snowflakes

Try it on Tuesday: Christmas Sparkle

Artistic Inspirations: anything goes

Lady Anne's Challenges: anything goes

Stamp: Squigglefly Shybear

Paper: basic black, whisper white

Ink: none

Other: prisma markers, MS snowflake punch, crystal effects, stickles, spellbinders, rhinestones

Snowball Fight!

Good morning everyone I hope its cool wherever you are, its hot, hot, hot here! Well hot for us (me), lol, its suppose to be 32C today which is 90F, yuck! Sooo to keep cool I'm making Christmas cards this month, or at least trying too. Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Stampin' Sisters in Christ and their challenge is to use at least 1 circle or oval element, use at least 2 different papers and use at least 1 embellishment. 

I have circles everywhere, three different papers and three embellishments, I used stickles, rhinestones and a ribbon.

I cut out and popped up the ants and snowball. I added silver stickles and next time I think it would look better with diamond stickles instead of silver.

Hop on over to Stampin' Sisters in Christ and give the challenge a try. If you use a Doodle Pantry image you can also enter Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #25. You can download a FREE Tiny Triceratops and enter the challenge! 

I've entered this into:

Catch the Bug: anything goes

Send a Smile 4 Kids: Christmas in July

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards: anything goes

D.R.S. Designs: Christmas in July

Whimsy Stamps: anything goes

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Snowball Ants, sentiment winter wishes

Paper: brilliant blue, digital snowflakes, whisper white

Ink: ballet blue

Other: prisma markers, rhinestones, stickles, ribbon, spellbinders circles, cuttlebug snowdots embossing folder, stampin up perfect polka dots

Singing in the Rain

Its fun singing in the rain and these guys look like they're having a blast! I used Doodle Pantry's new release Umbrella Ants which is free with any purchase from Doodle Pantry until April 24th. 

   

I coloured the image with prisma markers but did the background clouds with ballet blue ink. I finally got to use the rain drop epoxy dots, sweet and I put crystal effects on the rain drops on the image. 

I've entered this into:
Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge: For the boys
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days: April Showers
Clearly Inspired: Spring
Dilly Beans Designers & Friday Challenges: Spring
Raise the Bar: Cloudy Skies
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: April Showers
Little Miss Muffet Challenge: April Showers
Simon Says Stamp: Sketch
Stamp N Doodle's: April Showers and/or May flowers
Shopping Our Stash: April Showers Rain or Snow (finally used my rain drops!)

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Umbrella Ants
Paper: pacific point, cherry cobbler, green galore, whisper white
Ink: ballet blue, green galore
Other: rain drop epoxy dots, ribbon, crimper, stampin up perfect polka dots embossing folder, oval punches and crystal effects

Fall Fun

These crazy ants are at it again! They're just floating along on a leaf having a great time which is a perfect fall card for the challenge Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge. Doodle pantry is one of the sponsors and its to create a fall or Halloween card for a kid. These ants make it so easy. I'm also entering this into:

Heart Song Inspirations: colour orange and/or buttons (I used both)

Lexi's Creations: card for a child

My Craft Spot: fall leaves

Paper Creations Ink: buttons or bows

Delicious Doodles Challenge: Cute as a button

Raise the Bar challenge: leave summer

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Falling Ants

Paper: Early Espresso, whisper white, summer sun, wallpaper

Ink: bashful blue (clouds)

Other: prisma markers, recollections brads, spellbinders classic/scallop ovals, sizzix flourishes, stampin up buttons and square lattice embossing folder, ribbon, yellow stickles